Probiotics, Special Diets, and Complementary Therapies: We Know Patients Want Them, So What Do We Tell Them?

Sandra C. Kim, MD December 5, 2014 Advances in IBD 2014 ………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Disclosures

I have the following disclosures: Speaker: Nestle Nutrition and Abbott Laboratories Consultant: AbbVie Pharmaceuticals

Objectives

   How do we define complementary/integrative medicine?

Patients’ perceptions of CAM Efficacy of therapies in IBD     Herbal agents Medications Nutrition/Diet Mind – body practices  What should the pediatric GI team do?

The Patient’s View of How We View CAM?

What DO We Think About CAM?

Defining CAM and Integrative Medicine

 CAM constitutes “a group of diverse medical and healthcare systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered part of conventional medicine”  Different categories  Mind-Body  Manipulative and Body-Based Practices  Energy Medicine  Biologically-Based Practices

What is Integrative Health Care?

 Emphasizes healing of the whole person to achieve health goals  Physical  Emotional  Mental  Spiritual  Social  Fosters healthy habits in a healthy habitat via lifestyle strategies, conventional, and complementary care

National Trends in CAM Use

 2007 NHIS survey by the CDC  42% adults and12% children used within 12 mos  $33.9 billion spent on CAM modalities  Most common in those with chronic conditions; females; educated; affluent; health-conscious  Most commonly used:  Diets and dietary supplements  Mind/body (deep breathing, meditation, yoga)  Chiropractic Barnes,

et al

(2007).

Natl Hlth Stat Rep

Nahin,

et al

(2008).

Natl Hlth Stat Rep

CAM Usage in Pediatric IBD Patients

 CAM used by 40-56% in pediatric IBD patients  The most commonly used CAM therapies in the IBD group: megavitamins, dietary supplement, spiritual interventions, and herbal medicine  Positive predictors for CAM include self-reported overall health, poor quality of life, increase side effects with allopathic medications, ethnicity, and and parental education.

 Majority interested in learning about CAM Heuschkel,

et al

(2002).

AJG

Markowitz,

et al

(2004).

Inflamm Bowel Dis

Wong,

et al

(2009).

JPGN

Serpico, et al (2014).

Inflamm Bowel Dis

(abstract)

Manitoba IBD Cohort Study

  74% overall used CAM; ~40% at given time point Only 18% for IBD primarily Rawsthorne,

et al

(2012).

Gut

Efficacy of Herbal Therapies in Crohn’s

Ng,

et al

(2013).

Aliment Pharm Ther

Efficacy of Herbal Therapies in UC

Ng,

et al

(2013).

Aliment Pharm Ther

Andrographis paniculata Extract (HMPL-004)

 Asian herbal extract with anti-inflammatory effects TNF, IL-1 b, and NF k B   RCT multicenter trial Patients with mild – moderate UC on 5-ASA or no therapy  N=224 patients  Clinical response, but not remission, achieved at week 8 Sandborn,

et al

(2013).

AJG

Curcumin in IBD

   LMW hydrophobic polyphenol that is extracted from turmeric Inhibits cytokine – mediated NF k B activation One RCT double-blind, multicenter trial in UC     N = 89 total 5-ASA +/- curcumin for 6 months Clinical activity and endoscopic indices Disease relapse: 5% vs. 21% (p < 0.04) in 6 months Jobin,

et al

(1999).

J Immunol

Hanai,

et al

(2006).

Clin Gastro Hepatol

Suskind,

et al

(2013).

JPGN

Curcumin is Well-Tolerated in Pediatric IBD Patients

 Tolerability established for pediatric IBD patients  Doses increased in 3 week intervals  3/11 with improved PUCAI/PCDAI 2 Suskind,

et al

(2013).

JPGN

Cannabis Usage in IBD

4 Allegretti,

et al

(2013).

Inflamm Bowel Dis

Cannabis Usage in IBD

 Increased interest in utilizing as primary and/or adjunct therapy for IBD  Primary mode of delivery: inhalation  Factors associated with usage:  Younger age (<25 yr)  Frequent user for longer duration  Need for acute symptom relief  Positive impact on GI symptoms; however, predictor (OR 5.03) for progression to surgery 5 Storr,

et al

(2014).

Inflamm Bowel Dis

Low Dose Naltrexone in Crohn’s Disease

 Non-selective opioid receptor antagonist that interacts with all three opioid receptors subtypes  May regulate immune responses  cytokines and chemokines  Children with moderate – severe Crohn’s disease  N = 12  Stable on 5-ASA (4 weeks) or IM (12 weeks)  8 weeks with LDN (0.1 mg/kg) or placebo, then 8 weeks with LDN  Outcomes: PCDAI and QOL Smith,

et al

(2007).

AJG

Low Dose Naltrexone in Crohn’s Disease

Smith,

et al

(2007).

AJG

Therapeutic Manipulation of Microbiota

 Probiotics (Gionchetti,

et al.

2000; Bousvaros,

et al.

2005, Rahimi,

et al

. 2008; Sood,

et al.

2009)   Some efficacy in pouchitis, UC but not Crohn’s Potential of butyrate producing organsims  Fecal bacteriotherapy (Bennet,

et al.

1989, Borody,

et al

. 2003, 2011; Duplessis,

et al.

2012)  Effective in

C. difficile

infection   Limited studies in IBD; potential in UC Dosing intervals; method of administration; pre-treatment  Dietary intervention (Wu,

et al.

2011; Devkota,

et al

. 2012; Duboc,

et al.

2012)   Dietary fiber and SCFA Dietary fat and bile acid metabolism

Probiotic Efficacy in IBD

7 Shen,

et al

(2014).

Inflamm Bowel Dis

Fructo Oligosaccharides in Crohn’s

  No significant difference in clinical response No significant changes in fecal

Bifidobacteria spp

or

F. prausnitzii

Benjamin,

et al

. 2011.

Gut

Specific Carbohydrate Diet in Crohn’s

7 Cohen,

et al

(2014).

JPGN

Specific Carbohydrate Diet in Crohn’s

Suskind,

et al

(2014).

JPGN

5

Acupuncture in IBD

 Utilization as therapy in IBD for potential anti inflammatory effects  Prospective RCT in patients with mild-moderate Crohn’s disease  N = 51 total  10 treatments over 4 weeks with 12 week follow-up  Outcomes   CDAI: 250 ± 51  163 ± 56 (vs. sham; p <0.003) QOL: Improved sense of well-being (p < 0.045) Joos,

et al

(2004).

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Hypnosis for IBD

 Case series of 8 women with IBD with reported improvement of QOL  Hypnotherapy in ulcerative colitis  N = 17 patients with active UC  50 minute session of hypnotherapy  Mucosal parameters: Substance P  81% (p = 0.001);  mucosal blood flow 18% (p = 0.0004);  histamine by 35% (P=0.002)  Serum:  (p = 0.003) IL-6 by 53% (p = 0.001) and IL-13 by 53% Keefer,

et al

(2007).

Int J Clin Exp Hypn

Mawdsley,

et al (

2008).

AJG

How Should We Approach CAM in IBD?

 Be proactive and open: ask about CAM usage/interest and listen without judgment  Understand the literature  Adjunct versus primary therapies  Recognize the potential downsides of CAM (i.e. therapy toxicities)  Research opportunities  Larger scale studies  Delineating mechanisms and treatment efficacy  Know your resources: local and online

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Resources

AAP Section on Integrative Medicine  http://www2.aap.org/sections/chim/  Arizona Center of Integrative Medicine  http://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/education/pe ds_imr.html

 CCFA  http://www.ccfa.org/resources/complementary alternative.html

 NIH National Center on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  http://nccam.nih.gov